Literally a dream comes true: an architect’s family home facing the sea

Have you ever wondered what kind of home your architect would designed for themselves? Well………………..here it is! This is Damian’s unique family home designed by himself for his family and built in 2016?

Damian and his family live their lives looking out over the Mediterranean, enjoying the sea air and the sea breeze, listening to the waves, surrounded by natural materials: wood, rock, the garden…… Look at that pool suspended over the cliff and long enough to use for exercise! All this is proof, if ever it were needed, of how architecture can transform your lifestyle.

Damian has made maximum use of the space, turning to his advantage what others may have seen as problems: the very steep slope and the long narrow shape of the plot. He has maintained privacy despite the close proximity of neighbours.

He has lowered the family’s carbon footprint using careful orientation, cross ventilation, geothermal heating and cooling and water and earth for insulation. It’s a Certificate A building.

The contract sum for the villa, with a gross external area of 274.26 sq metres, was 522,192.80€ giving a turnkey figure of 1904.01 euros per square metre excluding taxes and fees. A further 76,807.22 euros was spent on the parking and a total of 51,427.50€ on the swimming pool and garden.